00:00Still reeling and seeking to get back on its feet from the widespread damage left by the killer quake that hit on end September,
00:07Typhoon Tino's unforgiving winds and relentless rains dumped a deluge of raging floodwaters that sunk communities and swept away lives and homes.
00:17Our Rod Lagusan tries to make sense of the signs that explains the extreme weather that befell the Queen Province of La Salle.
00:24The province of Cebu is one of the areas most affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Tino in the country.
00:32Based on photos and videos, many parts of Central Cebu were flooded.
00:36According to data from Pagasa, the monthly average rain pool in Cebu was exceeded after the passage of the typhoon,
00:42with around one and a half months' worth of rain pouring down in just 24 hours.
00:46Pagasa Weather Specialist Benson J. Estaraya explained that November is usually not a rainy month in Cebu relative to the rainy season.
00:53For November kasi, yung naging source na talaga ng mga pag-ulan, usually ITTZ, mga thunderstorms, easterlies.
01:00Tapos kapag nagkakaroon ng mga cases na may bagyo na dumadaan, ito yung nangyari.
01:04So nagkaroon ng rainfall amount na hindi normal.
01:08So 130 millimeters for the month of November yung typical for Cebu.
01:12Tapos sumabot ng 183 from November 3 to November 4.
01:17He said that this rarely happens, especially since the amount of rainfall in the area has exceeded the normal level.
01:23Based on the observation, typhoons do not often pass through Cebu.
01:27Most likely yung mga nandun lang sa may northernmost portions, pero yung tumawid talaga sa gitnang bahagi ng Cebu, hindi siya titikal na nangyayari every year.
01:36He added that the situation was worse because the area that experienced heavy rainfall in Cebu was highly urbanized.
01:42Yung binagsakan kasi ng ganun kadaming ulan sa Cebu, highly populated kasi ang metropolitan Cebu as compared to Southern Leyte na hindi ganun kadaming tao.
01:54Kaya mas maraming apektuhan talaga.
01:55Pag-asa also observed around 235 millimeters of rain in Maas in Southern Leyte, more than a month's worth of rain compared to normal.
02:03These two areas in the Visayas experienced above normal rainfall following the onslaught of Taipuntino.
02:08Rod Lagusad, from the National TV Network, for a new and better Philippines.
